Murray

Home to echidna, roo, wallaby and dark pale eyed crow The flat brown, bare and dry country where old Murray crawls silent, deep and slow On through Tailem Bend as it nears the Pacifuc shore Where it has flowed forever and will forever more A waterway that has inspired song, story and rhyme Old Murray was very old in the Dreamtime It has flowed through millions of centuries through long Seasons of drought Through thousands of kilometers of south eastern Australia to the sea in the south For centuries before the first Europeans came Australia's first people for their Country's longest river had a different name But Murray the name it is known by today Is the name it does seem that is with it to stay Australia's longest river it's journey comes to an end At the Pacific ocean close to Tailem Bend It crawls to saltwater deep, silent and slow Through the flat, dry and brown country where the saltbush does grow.